New Zealand Govt welcomes changes to bill on embryo storage

June 11, 2010

The Government has agreed to adopt the Health Select Committee’s recommendations on the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology (Storage) Amendment Bill. The bill clarifies that the law on the 10-year storage limit for human gametes (eggs and sperm), and embryos starts from November 2004, the date of the original act, or from when storage began, whichever is latest. (Scoop)